The Cambridge companion to the English short story / [edited by] Ann-Marie Einhaus (Northumbria University), Monographie imprimée

Secondary Author: Einhaus, Ann-Marie, 1981-, Editeur scientifiqueLanguage: anglais.Country: EtatsUnis.Publication : New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2016Description: 1 vol. (XXIII- 232 pages) : couv. ill. en coul ; 23 cmISBN: 978-1-107-08417-9; 978-1-107-44601-4.Series: Cambridge companions to literatureDewey: 823/.0109, 23Contents note: Introduction / Ann-Marie Einhaus; Part I. Contexts 1. Writing and publishing the short story / Paul March-Russell 2. Social realism in the short story / Anthony Patterson 3. The short story and the anxieties of Empire / Barbara Korte 4. The short story, identity, space, and place / David Malcolm Part II. Periods 5. Romantic short fiction / David Stewart 6. Victorian short stories / John Plotz 7. The short story in the early twentieth century / Ann-Marie Einhaus 8. Mid-twentieth-century stories / Victoria Stewart 9. The short story from postmodernism to the digital age / Maebh Long Part III. Genres 10. Comic short fiction and its variety / Kate Macdonald 11. The detective short story / Martin Priestman 12. The gothic in short fiction / Luke Thurston 13. The British science fiction story / Andrew M. Butler 14. Microfiction / Marc Botha Abstract: "This Companion provides an accessible overview of short fiction by writers from England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and other international sites. A collection of international experts examine the development of the short story in a variety of contexts from the early nineteenth century to the present. They consider how dramatic changes in the publishing landscape during this period - such as the rise of the fiction magazine and the emergence of new opportunities in online and electronic publishing - influenced the form, covering subgenres from detective fiction to flash fiction. Drawing on a wealth of critical scholarship to place the short story in the English literary tradition, this volume will be an invaluable guide for students of the short story in English"--.Bibliography: Bibliogr. p. 221-223. Index..Subject - Topical Name: Nouvelles anglaises Histoire et critique | Roman anglais, 19e siècle Histoire et critique | Roman anglais -- 20e siècle Histoire et critique | Roman anglais -- 21e siècle Histoire et critique
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Bibliogr. p. 221-223. Index.

Introduction / Ann-Marie Einhaus; Part I. Contexts 1. Writing and publishing the short story / Paul March-Russell 2. Social realism in the short story / Anthony Patterson 3. The short story and the anxieties of Empire / Barbara Korte 4. The short story, identity, space, and place / David Malcolm Part II. Periods 5. Romantic short fiction / David Stewart 6. Victorian short stories / John Plotz 7. The short story in the early twentieth century / Ann-Marie Einhaus 8. Mid-twentieth-century stories / Victoria Stewart 9. The short story from postmodernism to the digital age / Maebh Long Part III. Genres 10. Comic short fiction and its variety / Kate Macdonald 11. The detective short story / Martin Priestman 12. The gothic in short fiction / Luke Thurston 13. The British science fiction story / Andrew M. Butler 14. Microfiction / Marc Botha

"This Companion provides an accessible overview of short fiction by writers from England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and other international sites. A collection of international experts examine the development of the short story in a variety of contexts from the early nineteenth century to the present. They consider how dramatic changes in the publishing landscape during this period - such as the rise of the fiction magazine and the emergence of new opportunities in online and electronic publishing - influenced the form, covering subgenres from detective fiction to flash fiction. Drawing on a wealth of critical scholarship to place the short story in the English literary tradition, this volume will be an invaluable guide for students of the short story in English"--

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